Just because you're not able to spend a small fortune on your home electronics doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself of one of technology's best innovations: gaming. For around $2,500 you can turn a spare room in your house into a gamer's paradise, complete with a big-screen projector, the latest consoles and games, an overclocked desktop PC, and more. Or, if you've got the green to go all-out, take a tour of the $8K luxury version.

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Featured Products:

Projector:Boxlight BumbleBee
Small budget, small room, small projector. The BumbleBee isn't the brightest, sharpest, or flashiest projector out there, but its 800-by-600 resolution is more than enough to get you in the game.
Price: $800 (list)

Speakers:Generic
If you're a hardcore gamer, you want to be sucked right into the action; a big part of that is surrounding yourself with the soundtrack. In your game room, don't rely on the projector's onboard speakerstrust us. Instead, drop a little extra cash on a cheap 5:1 system, like this one from Zenith.
Price: starting at $100

Gaming Console:Nintendo Wii
Not only is the Wii the lowest-priced console, its user interface makes it arguably the most innovative, too. Also, you'll have hours of gameplay right out of the box thanks to the five games in Wii Sports. (Don't forget to add on an additional $40 per remote and $20 per nunchuck.)
Game Pictured: Super Smash Brothers Brawl (read the review on 1Up.com).
Price: $250 (list)

Must-Have Game:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Who doesn't wanna rock? Now everyone can. The first Nintendo-friendly Guitar Hero integrates the Wii remote right into the guitar body to take full advantage of its speaker, rumbles, and motion sensors.
Price: $90 (list)

Gaming PC:Gateway FX7020
You don't need to drop $5K to get a gaming rig that can handle your 3-D RPGs. Even with its low sticker, this gaming rig can play with the big boys thanks to its GeForce 8800 GT graphics card and AMD Phenom processor.
Price: $1,100 (direct)

Portable Game System:Nintendo DS Lite
Your GameBoy is all grown up now, and it's better than ever. Nintendo's dual-screen, clamshell portable player packs in hours of fun and is backward compatible with GameBoy Advance cartridges.
Price: $130 (list)

Headphones:JVC HA-NC80-J/-C
You want to hear your game, but that doesn't mean everyone else in the room does, too. (Especially with a console and gaming PC running at the same time.) These JVC noise cancellers do a great job of keeping your audio in and everything else out.
Price: $40 (street)